Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-02-02


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xDw Nosx, Hsb. 1.-The extu,.,o,
Of tie strike OF the frsiaht-h -hsndIers 3,
the rAi;road piers OF New York Il th,
most ssrions blew to commit roe TAT tn
Anheln OF Labor have struck. The Of
ect OF ie % one road, the Jersey Cen
tfAi, it was admitted atths office on ths
oock shis morning WAS IN almost com.
piese euspenAion Of business. The q GO
satheo ont % suddenly that tho CON
psny wes left st . great disad vantage
ana ~ inability to deliver freight wal
snc 9sase OF much Inconvenience e
The freight handlers on the Pennsyl.
vscia piers A!onE the North river struck
~ o'ciock this afternoon. They sont
IN z formal demand yesterday for IN
increAss OF wages, with . threat that
sney would strike to-day. No ansver
vs. rsosived, and they wont ont 1t din
ner time. When they returned they d i'd
not resume work, but sent . delegation
70 ths oface Of Agent BowmAn. Mr.,
bowmAn met them st Pier 80 and told
them tho company csald not grant the
advance ~ the moment, bat wss willIps
10 consider the question or any Other
grievanco OF tho men. The men decided
70 strike, and marohed on ths pier in !
body. Mr.. Bowman told the com mi ittes
Who remained. that the .strikers would
never - taken back. Seven men 70
turned 70 work.
The 'lon nsshorenen, truckers, pilerl
and the othor OF tho numerous bYsn chez
OF workmen who ere members of the
'Longshoremen's Uaion employed or
the railroad piers OF the North river
eurned out ct p u. 70 day. Tho men
on the Lshigh Valley road pier 2, the
Psnnsylvania pisrs l, 4. 5 and 16; the
Delaware. Lsckswanna and Western,
and the New York, Like Erie and
Western, numbering nearly 1000, quit
work By order Of the Lon yshoremen' q
Union. Tho L.shish Valley shut down
tho pier gates. and about score Of mon
renstned 1t work on the piers OF the
fennsylvanta and New York, Lake
Eric aad Western. The agents Of the
companies state that the incon vsniencs
VIII be but temporary, and that they
Will put other men 10 work 1t once and
that trans will not bs much i'm pedsd
BY the strike.
Later In the afternoon 100 out of the
700 strisers on the PsnnsylvaniA re-
turned TO work, according TO the state
ment Of Slperinter dent Bowman.
~ she hendQaartsrs OF the Ocean A..
eociAtlon tc.utght IL was said that the
Ooopers' Union No. 2 had offered "a
strike to aid the freight handlers a
soon ~ desired. This union includea
al the ccopers employed on the piers,
repairing and tightening up bArrelled
freight before slowing II on vessels.
AT JERSEY CITY.
JERSEY CITY, N. j., Feb. 1.-The
freight handlers employed In the yards
Of the Now Jersey Gen trai Railroad al
Comm nsfpaw and Bayopne this morn
Ing struck for an increase Of wages, In
aecordsncs with the notice they served
on the company yesterday. There are
about 200 Of the men out. The com.
psny 10 Givsn un,n to. morrow at noon
to comply with the demands.
REBUsrNa to rAKKFRKIGHT.
LoNG BRANCH, N. j., Feb. 1.-The
several assAts OF the New York and
Long BrAnob Railroad notified shippers
70 day that they could not take psriaha.
sle freight for New York during the
strike.
1FTECTs OF THE sTRIKH.
LOWELL, Mass, Feb 1.-The exten-
sive strike in New York City serious y
ARscs the business ieterssts of this city.
II they continue much longer the loss
to nesosntils and man ufscturing In.
duktriss will ~ disastrous.
THE PORT RICHMOND COAL HAND
LRRS.
There WAS . particularly large at.
tendance st the meeting of Local Az
ssmbly 6285, composed OF tho eight
hundrea ooal-hAudlers At Port Rich
mond, last night st Richmond and NJ q
streets. A long session was held, and
the situation Of the strike OF the New
Jersey coal. haadlsrs was discussed at
length. Master Workman Kelly stated
after 1t Was over. thas ,hs men here
would not strike unless ordered by the
Gereral Executive Bqarl,
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